— Genevieve Nnaji Hosts Friends For Private Screening Of Her New Movie.

The star-studded premiere was attended by Nnaji’s parents; television host, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu; Peter Okoye of P-Square; Betty Irabor; and Phyno in spite of the controversy over its clarification status by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria.

The director and producer of lion heart the movie, Genevieve Nnaji thanked everyone who attended the Private Screening Of Her New Movie in Lagos.

Thank you to everyone who attended the screening of #lionheartthemovie at @silverbirdcinemas last night🙏🏾❤️. #myotherside showed up too 👀🤦🏾‍♀️

She works with her crude and eccentric brother to save the family business in dire financial straits resulting in crazy and often hilarious results.

Patrick Lee, chairman of CEAN in a statement had clarified the association’s position on the movie.

Lee said that the Lion Heart team did not adhere to the processes involved in exhibiting a film in cinemas in the country, which was why most of its members “rightly refused to take the movie.”

He said: “We expect the movie to come from a licenced distributor, we expect the movie to be given adequate run time in the cinemas before it is officially released on other platforms.
“And also for our cinemas to be provided with adequate notice for the inclusion of the movie in an increasingly crowded calendar.
“It is clear from the approach taken by the Lionheart team that these processes were not adhered to and most of our members rightly refused to take the movie.
“It is also important to note that this movie had been signed up by Netflix months ago, thereby giving Genevieve’s team ample time to secure a spot on the calendar.
“An option they did not take until quite recently thereby ensuring the possibility of the movie not being shown by cinemas during their preferred date.
NAN.